X's translation nails a Zhuangzi quote with cultural context — 'They're learning'
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-21
teortaxesTex shares a screenshot of X's built-in translation rendering a Chinese post quoting the Zhuangzi — 'the morning mushroom knows nothing of the moon's phases; the summer cicada knows nothing of spring and autumn; how can a sparrow understand a swan's ambitions' — into idiomatic English, complete with a 'Context & Meaning' note explaining the Daoist metaphor of short-lived creatures. His one-liner: 'They're learning,' on how much model translation of classical Chinese has improved.
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